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Tariff refund process nears

The Trump administration has made significant headway in implementing refunds for the International Economic Emergency Powers Act tariffs the Supreme Court ruled unlawful in February, according to a declaration filed in federal court Tuesday.

A Trump administration official said U.S. Customs and Border Protection has completed most of the work for a system to handle the massive amount of refunds involved. The official said the agency has received refund requests from more than 26,000 individual importers, totaling about $120 billion in tariffs paid so far.

The official’s declaration said the agency anticipated a phased rollout of the refunds, focusing on the importers whose accounts were still open at CBP or “unliquidated.” Later waves of refunds would handle older tariff payments, the declaration said.

A prior declaration from the administration said importers would also be owed interest on their tariff payments.